BIK Karlskoga is storming toward the semifinals in the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs. After winning their two home games, they took a commanding lead in the first away game of the quarterfinal series against Nybro. The game was scoreless after one period, but Karlskoga scored four goals in under nine minutes in the second period.
Henrik Björklund made it 1-0 after 2:42, Alexander Ljungkrantz scored 2-0 after 3:50, Hampus Plato made it 3-0 after 9:45, and Tim Barkemo scored 4-0 after 11:25. Barkemo reportedly said, 'We have 4-0 on the board and are doing exactly what we want to do in the second. We play our game and put pucks on goal.
We have 4-0 on the board and are doing exactly what we want to do in the second. We play our game and put pucks on goal. It has benefited us this period.
' In the Nybro camp, the mood was reportedly gloomier. Joachim Rohdin of Nybro reportedly said, 'This is not good enough. We get no length in the attacks but they get length on us.
' Nybro took a timeout after 2-0, but it did not help. Rohdin reportedly added, 'We said we would wake up and win the period from there at least. But they manage to score two more goals.
This is not good enough. We get no length in the attacks but they get length on us. It has to go faster and we have to play simpler from below.
' The match is ongoing and still stands at 4-0.
We said we would wake up and win the period from there at least. But they manage to score two more goals. It is sour.